new gaming rig

richgill74 · 26 Dec 2011 at 01:21

i am wondering if poss could some1 spec me a new gaming rig, already got the monitor, keyboard, so will need case and all internals

thanks for any help you can provide, already got windows 7, looking at spending around £700, thanks

not sure which mobo p67 or z67/8? my m8 has the asus sabertooth gen3 p67 and he very happy with that (at the mo) not sure if to go for that 1 aswell !!!

fowler002 · 26 Dec 2011 at 01:46

the sabertooth isn't gen 3

do you have any old sata hard disk you can reuse? the current prics of hard disk is so high it effects the rest of the specs.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £195.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £770.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

if buying before 11.59pm tonight then use the voucher code OCUKXMAS to get free shipping plus 5% off the order so ~£720 with the code

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18355464

if you prefer ati/amd

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X PLUS Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Battlefield 3, Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £48.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £802.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

~£748 with code

madsin · 26 Dec 2011 at 01:58

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £145.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £93.32

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz £24.99

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169,99

OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive £124.99

thats what i would spend £733.27 on if i had it

richgill74 · 26 Dec 2011 at 02:04

yeah i have a spare drive i can use at the mo till i can afford an ssd drive and also the prices drop on the hdd's.

and my bad lol its rev 3.0

Davefran · 26 Dec 2011 at 02:34

Use your spare hard drive for now.
This spec will give you the option of going SLi in the future.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £748.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

comes to £711 after the 5% discount that's available on Boxing day.

fowler002 · 26 Dec 2011 at 03:31

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
(£223.29) £267.95
(£223.29)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98
(£64.15) £76.98
(£64.15)
Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
(£44.16) £52.99
(£44.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
* Sub Total : £619.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £126.08
* Total : £756.46

With the voucher code it's little over £700(£706)

the graphics card is 310mm long so you have to remove the removable hard disk cage in the case to accommodate, there is space for 3 hard disks with the cage removed so unless you have lots of hard disks you'll be fine.